the difference of apus and typus is easy to see:
"a pus" means "no feet" or "no limbs"; this species has no paired fins, not even tiny ones! it's like the Moray Eel.
the typus has pectoral and ventral fins. tiny, but they're there.
in general the typus is fatter too, a wider head and much longer ...

I remember reading somewhere that most synodontis cats are imune (insulated?) to electric shock produced by malapterurus. I have experimented and succeeded in keeping an electricus with eupterus of a slightly smaller size, as well as a trio of bite sized lace cats. All faired just fined together and ...

Sucks that he didn't make it :(

I have 3 of these guys, and have had them for about 2 years now. Not sure if its a Appus or Typus though -- both species look the same to me. My specimens I believe are fully grown and at 20 inches of lenght are super tough customers. I keep them in an african ...

I have a group of 4 6" Petenia Splenditas (including a pair of confirmed breeders) already paid for and on their way from the seller So, as you can see the biggest concern would be to get something that grows big enough as to not get eaten

I am in the process of converting my 125G tank from SA to a Central American biotope. It will house cichlids commonly found in three countries mentioned in the subject line. I have searched high and low but can not find any information pertaining to trully freshwater cats from this part of the world ...

Well, this evening, just one day since I first noticed the injury, the wound has progressed to the size of a quarter. He is also missing some skin on the edges of gill covers

I realized something else. I now know who to blame My smaller euretus (2") has been constantly hanging out with a big guy ...

I sat down and observed him last night after lights out. Seems the fish is not one bit impared by the injury. He acts perfectly normal and eats like a pig. In fact, he was the first one to nail a bunch of live blood worms yesterday.

So I was thinking... Rather than going through stress of taking ...

Noticed something strange a few minutes ago... My big Synodontis Eureptus (4") has what looks like a circular wound on his abdomen right bellow pelvic fins. It's a perfectly round patch of exposed pinkish-white tissue that stands out very clearly against the dark skin. The wound is roughly around ...

I've had my 6 incher for close to 2 months now and it is yet to zap ANYTHING! Never zapped me, didn't fight back when super-aggressive tilapia butticoferi attacked it, and its been peacefully coexisting with 3 bite-sized jewel fishes for over a week now

Actually butti is moving to his own tank in the next couple of weeks. What do you think of keeping Malapterurus with various bichirs (polypterus) species? What abould elephant noses? Or, are there any other fish specifically known for being somewhat electricity resistant?

He's 6" and I haven't seen him bother any fish yet, not even much smaller jewels! I'm sure its just a matter of time ofcourse...

To go into a 75G tank with Malapterurus Electricus, Tilapia Butticoferi and Polupterus Lapradei. The only fish that comes to mind is a common pl*co or a gibbiceps, since they get big and armoured, but I really want to keep this tank as a riverine african habitat. What would you recomend?

BTW there ...

Not to peel prawns?! I've been doing that for all my bottom feeders out of fear they may choke on shell. Are you absolutely sure leaving hells on can have no ill effects on the fish? Also, dos that apply to any fish, or just cats?

Ok, so I got me a 4-5" electric cat on Wednesday. He's been fed exclusively tubiflex at the store but I wouldn't have any of that :razz: Switching him over to prawn was no problem at all. I dropped 2 small pieces in his tank Wednesday night, and although he didn't react at first, both chunks were ...